- Lead
- 11,862
- Total
- 15,666
- vs nation
- D+77.2
Tennessee 84th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,020
- Total
- 19,722
- vs nation
- D+76.8
- Lead
- 15,535
- Total
- 18,556
- vs nation
- D+81.6
- Lead
- 17,247
- Total
- 20,378
- vs nation
- D+80.8
- Lead
- 19,119
- Total
- 22,361
- vs nation
- D+78.2
- Lead
- 15,756
- Total
- 19,398
- vs nation
- D+83.7
- Lead
- 13,814
- Total
- 17,007
- vs nation
- D+80.7
- Lead
- 12,964
- Total
- 16,331
- vs nation
- D+70.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+75.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 69,7972024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,161 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 32.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $48,3132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 87, TN · twin score 99.8
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 84th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
99.9%
4,978 votes · D+99.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 99.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
21.9%
1,849 votes · D+55.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 13.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
20,721votes
92.7% of the vote · D+85.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 18,793 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
1,895votes
12.4% of the vote · D+75.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 1,849 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+117.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+91.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +117.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−53.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+76.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −61.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+75.7, this Memphis-area district ranks among the most heavily Democratic state house seats in Tennessee, reflecting the dense urban concentration and majority-minority demographics typical of its core.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.8 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 75.7 points.
A population of 69,797, a 5% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,313 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 87 and State House District 85.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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